On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 04:14:36PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote: > > The goal is to encourage, in a management-friendly way, companies to > > allow their engineers to contribute with the upstream Linux Kernel > > development community, so we can grow the "talent pipeline" for > > contributors to become respected leaders, and eventually kernel > > maintainers. > > These are noble goals. Also the bullet list is short, formal, and > to the point. This is nice. > > I kind of side with Michael Tsirkin's point that quantitative > measures of performance can be harmful or give a false impression > of control. Consider this example: > > linux$ git log --oneline --author=Walleij |wc -l > 4301 > linux$ git log --oneline --author=McKenney |wc -l > 3346 > > There is something about some code in the kernel being more > "core" than others that needs to be taken into account, albeit > it is maybe an elusive concept. There is a hierarchy from > contributing syntactic changes to coding style to contributing > and maintaining say RCU. Don't forget reputation produced as a result of contributions from the company as a whole. For example, cdjrlc.com is known for noisy "redundant word"-stripping patches and ignoring critical community reviews; ZTE with "atypical" corporate email setup for which Greg dislike; and Intel which (as you may know) has positive legacy to the community with its high-quality contributions. Thanks. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
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